Antiseptic broom.



No. 659,978. Patented out. I6, |900. u. s. KULMAN.

ANTISEPTIC BRDOM. (Appncmon memay s1, 1900.)

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#i Starts OSCAR S. KULMAN, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

ANTISEPTIC BROOlVl.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 659,978, dated October 16, 1900. Application led May 3l, 1900. Serial No. 18,555. (No model.)

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Bc it known that I, OSCAR S. KULMAN, of Savan nah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Antiseptic Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the antiseptic broom for which Letters Patent No. 626,169 were granted me May 30, 189), in which a bag or other retainer for antiseptic is incorporated centrally in the broom in its original construction. My invention is designed to provide such a construction of this general form of broom as will enable the antiseptic-retainer to be replenished from time to time in an easy and simple manner and without materially adding to the cost of its construction; and to this end it consists in boring longitudinally the end of the wooden broom-handle, which enters the antiseptic-holder to a distance slightly above the wrappings of Wire which secure the broom-straws, and then boring at the upper end of the central channel an opening to intersect the longitudinal channel and providing it with a stopper. By this means the admission of antiseptic to the holder in the center of the broom is easily effected, said antiseptic being preferably put up in the form of marbles or tablets, which when in the holder may be moistened and slowly dissolved, as may be required.

Figure l is a side View of the broom constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through the broom.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary wooden broom-handle, to whose lowerend the bag C, of Woven fabric or perforated material, is attached by the initial wrapping of Wire c, so that it occupies a central position within the broom B, just as shown in my previous patent referred to. Before connecting 4the handle to the broom-straws the handles A are each bored with a longitudinal central channel ci, extending from the lower end to a distance slightly above the shoulderofthe broom. At the upper end of the channel a transverse opening or passage-'way a is bored, so as to intersect the longitudinal channel at a point just above the wire wrappings which secure the broom-straws to the handle.

In making' the broom the hollow end of the handle is allowed to protrude slightly into the bag C, which latter is connected to the broom handle by the initial wrapping of wire c. This puts the channel-way a a in direct communication with the interior of the bag or retainer C.

The antiseptic is preferably made in the form of marbles cl, like moth-balls, which readily roll into the bag O through the channel a a, and when a sufficient quantity has been inserted a plug orstopper b, of soft rubber orcork, is inserted to retain them. These antiseptic marbles or tablets may be made of any desirable material, a composition con` taining bichlorid of mercury being an effective and desirable one.

To facilitate the insertion of the balls, the angle of intersection between channel-ways a and a is cut away at a2 to enable the balls o1' tablets to make the turn into thecentral channel-way.

To promote the dissemination of the antiseptic compound through the straws of the broom, the solution of the antiseptic balls and exudation through the bag in to the straws may be promoted by introducing a small quantity of water, alcohol, or any other solvent through the agency of a can, as shown in dotted lines, or the antiseptic compound may be introduced in a liquid or semiliquid c0ndition, if desired.

I am aware that in broom-moisteuers it is old to recharge a sponge or other receptacle through a hollow handle, and do not claim this idea broadly.

My invention is distinct in the fact that an ordinary broom-handle, without any other provision than the simple and inexpensive boring of its end, is made to form the handle of the broom, the support for the antiseptic bag, and the filling-passage .for the bag, the handle being protruded in to the bag, and the broom being made in the usual cheap Way by windingit on its handle in a broom-Winder, and the bag or retainer being held by the initial wire wrappings oit' the broom, which close its mouth and secure it without other special provision, and the plain and simple wooden broom -handle being used Without any other expense than the insignieant ene of boring its end.

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Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

A wooden broom-handle formed at its lower end with a longitudinal and transverse intersecting channel with closing device for its transverse opening; combined with and rigidly attached to a broom, and a central antiseptic-retainer whose mouth is made to ini ro closethe channeled lower end of the broomhandle, and a wrapping of wire securing the bag to the handle substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signedv my name to this specification in the presence of t5 two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR S. KULMAN. Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMoN, EDW. W. BYRN. 

